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Reviewer: Brian, 45-54 Male on Treatment for 6 months to less than 1 year (Patient)

Effectiveness

Current Rating: 3

Ease of Use

Current Rating: 3

Satisfaction

Current Rating: 3

Comment: I have been on this medicine for a year now my Dr. had me taking twice a day the first dose was of a morning not long after I was ready for a nap not good I am a truck driver so I always had to stop take a nap we changed to taking this medicine at night so I take at 8pm I sleep really good the only down fall is the dry mouth I have that last till about 10am it seams like

Comment:I have been on this medicine for a year now my Dr. had me taking twice a day the first dose was of a morning not long after I was ready for a nap not good I am a truck driver so I always had to stop take a nap we changed to taking this medicine at night so I take at 8pm I sleep really good the only down fall is the dry mouth I have that last till about 10am it seams like Hide Full Comment

Reviewer: binkey, 45-54 Male on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

Effectiveness

Current Rating: 4

Ease of Use

Current Rating: 5

Satisfaction

Current Rating: 3

Comment: Been taking for 4 days and blood pressure has dropped dramatically- so it has done what was intended. Side affects so far are a VERY DRY MOUTH (like swallowing cotton balls!), very tired within an hours of taking pill and sleep has been sparatic due to having to urinate more due to to excessive consumption of water to combat dry mouth (.1 2x daily), and have seem to have lost sexual desire. Have
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Comment:Been taking for 4 days and blood pressure has dropped dramatically- so it has done what was intended. Side affects so far are a VERY DRY MOUTH (like swallowing cotton balls!), very tired within an hours of taking pill and sleep has been sparatic due to having to urinate more due to to excessive consumption of water to combat dry mouth (.1 2x daily), and have seem to have lost sexual desire. Have Tourette's as well but too soon to see if it helps. I seem to be calmer, more relaxed- maybe too relaxed. Jury is still out- will stick it out for a month or so. nice to see my BP is normal for the 1st time in 30+ years.Hide Full Comment

Reviewer: Mama, 55-64 Female on Treatment for 2 to less than 5 years (Patient)

Effectiveness

Current Rating: 2

Ease of Use

Current Rating: 2

Satisfaction

Current Rating: 2

Comment: Had a double bypass in Dec. feel worse now than what I did before surgery. Lower back pain constantly, legs swollen, food taste terrible, dizzy and lightheaded, tired and sleepy after taken each dose. Not being able to urinate only a little at a time. Stop meds feel completely great.

Comment:Had a double bypass in Dec. feel worse now than what I did before surgery. Lower back pain constantly, legs swollen, food taste terrible, dizzy and lightheaded, tired and sleepy after taken each dose. Not being able to urinate only a little at a time. Stop meds feel completely great.Hide Full Comment

Reviewer: bhealthy, 45-54 Female on Treatment for 6 months to less than 1 year (Patient)

Effectiveness

Current Rating: 3

Ease of Use

Current Rating: 3

Satisfaction

Current Rating: 1

Comment: I have been taking this medication for a little less than one year. Extremely tired after taking, hair started to fall out, experienced terrible dizzy spells and 30 plus pounds weight gain. Lost control of my bladder after a few months of taking, (way too young at 55 to have all of those symptoms appear AFTER starting the medication). All of these symptoms become worse so I stopped taking the medi
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Comment:I have been taking this medication for a little less than one year. Extremely tired after taking, hair started to fall out, experienced terrible dizzy spells and 30 plus pounds weight gain. Lost control of my bladder after a few months of taking, (way too young at 55 to have all of those symptoms appear AFTER starting the medication). All of these symptoms become worse so I stopped taking the medication. Within 3 days of stopping the medication my bladder problems improved, my hair stopped falling out by 95%, and each day I am SLOWLY starting to feel normal again. It became so bad that I stayed in bed unable to function. This medication is awful and although it is inexpensive and easy to take, the side effects were horrible. I am slowly getting better. It also caused my blood pressure to spike. Awful medication. Hide Full Comment

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Reviewer: Susan19125, 35-44 Female on Treatment for 6 months to less than 1 year (Patient)

Effectiveness

Current Rating: 5

Ease of Use

Current Rating: 4

Satisfaction

Current Rating: 2

Comment: Been on this medication for ten months, I hate the side effects. I had alot of hair loss and within an hour of taking it during the day I become so tired that I have to sleep if I don't I get a painful headache and my body hurts until I nap. I am trying to get off this drug but as soon as we decreased the dose my bp went right back up. I am having horrible withdraw symptoms from it. I hope I c
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Comment:Been on this medication for ten months, I hate the side effects. I had alot of hair loss and within an hour of taking it during the day I become so tired that I have to sleep if I don't I get a painful headache and my body hurts until I nap. I am trying to get off this drug but as soon as we decreased the dose my bp went right back up. I am having horrible withdraw symptoms from it. I hope I can get off of it and find something that works just as well.Hide Full Comment

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